Guest Highlight: Sarah Anne Shockley
Sarah Anne Shockley is the author of The Pain Companion. In the Fall of 2007, she contracted Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, which is a collapse of the area between the clavicles and first ribs, and has lived with debilitating nerve pain ever since. She has been a regular columnist for Pain News Network and is a regular contributor to The Mighty, a 1.5 million–member online community for those living with chronic illness and pain. You can visit her online at http://www.ThePainCompanion.com.
Sarah Anne Shockley appearances on KPFK
Living with constant, unrelenting pain changes you and your life. You want it to stop but nothing seems to help alleviate it. Short of taking painkillers for the rest of your life (and possibly becoming addicted in the process) what is the solution? Well, Lisa’s guest, Sarah Anne Shockley has first-hand experience with chronic, debilitating pain and her new book, The Pain Companion: Everyday Wisdom for Living with and Moving Beyond Chronic Pain, outlines the strategies that have worked for her. Listen in and find out how you too can tame the pain.